Experimental
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Northwest – “London”
“London” is an epic, 11-minute track from I, the striking debut album from Northwest. The project formed in 2015, when Ignacio Simón and Mariuca García-Lomas moved from Spain to the UK. Simón has experience as a mul...
Chamber-Pop
Sterile Cuckoo – “Failed Coronation”
The gorgeous, understated “Failed Coronation” flows with weightless charm. A lulling, symphonic presence lurks alongside twinkling keys and a lullaby-set vocal tone, with a haunting vocal and bass-laden addition ari...
Experimental
Sandy Blue – “Soul Raver”
“Soul Raver” is a track with enjoyable depth, spanning from moments of elegant sparseness to cathedral-sized psych-friendly eruptions. The track comes via the album Off You Go, the newest from Copenhagen 7-piece San...
Experimental
Tesha – “Funeral”
“Funeral” is a captivating, nocturnal-sounding track from Brooklyn-based Tesha. Clanging, moody guitar work is gradually accompanied by ghostly synths, paving the way for haunting vocals to emerge around the one-min...
Experimental
Emanuel Tägil – “I Remember Now”
Released today, “I Remember Now” is a captivating track from Swedish artist Emanuel Tägil, who previously impressed with “Never Let Us Go.” “I Remember Now” features a captivating vocal prese...
Experimental
Premiere: Maenu – Maenu [EP]
Released today, Maenu’s self-titled EP shows an impressive and unique sound — emphasizing trip-hop rhythms, synth-laden pop, and stirring vocal performances. All five tracks tout their own personality and alluring a...
Experimental
Emanuel Tägil – “Never Let Us Go”
Swedish artist Emanuel Tägil produces a striking sound on new track “Never Let Us Go,” featuring a captivating vocal presence and rousing guitar/piano accompaniments. The vocals have an unsettling quiver, accompanie...
Experimental
Video: Evelyn Drach – “Predator & Prey”
The music videos for Evelyn Drach’s material are among the most captivating I’ve seen this year, starting with “Never Let Me Go” in September and now with the new video for “Predator & Prey,&#...
Experimental
Mah-Ze-Tar – “Liquid Lotus”
Mah-Ze-Tar is the project of Maz Karandish, who channels his love for world music into an engrossing sound — one traversing across everything from “Raga, Maqam, and Dastgah to Harmony, Jazz, and Opera.” Modern...
Experimental
Patrick Grant – “Keeping Still”
FIELDS AMAZE and other sTRANGE music by Patrick Grant FIELDS AMAZE and other sTRANGE music is an album created for “percussion, gamelan, microtonal instruments, and electric chamber ensembles with narrative structures inf...
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